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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-2-12
pubmed:abstractText
Systemic light-chain deposition due to plasma cell dyscrasias manifests as a form of restrictive cardiomyopathy with diastolic ventricular dysfunction. Although these manifestations are likely to be cardiac amyloidosis, whether these pathological conditions are reversible after treatment of the underlying plasma cell disorders is unknown. To our knowledge, we describe the first patient with cardiac light-chain deposition due to multiple myeloma in whom echocardiographic and biochemical factors of cardiac function were ameliorated dramatically after remission of this disorder. We emphasize that restrictive cardiomyopathy due to light-chain deposition may be reversible and have a relatively better prognosis after remission of plasma cell dyscrasias.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0025-6196
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
77
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
193-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11838655-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11838655-Anorexia, pubmed-meshheading:11838655-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:11838655-Biopsy, pubmed-meshheading:11838655-Bone Marrow Examination, pubmed-meshheading:11838655-Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive, pubmed-meshheading:11838655-Dyspnea, pubmed-meshheading:11838655-Echocardiography, pubmed-meshheading:11838655-Electrocardiography, pubmed-meshheading:11838655-Hemodynamics, pubmed-meshheading:11838655-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11838655-Immunoglobulin Light Chains, pubmed-meshheading:11838655-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11838655-Melphalan, pubmed-meshheading:11838655-Multiple Myeloma, pubmed-meshheading:11838655-Nitrosourea Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:11838655-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:11838655-Remission Induction, pubmed-meshheading:11838655-Treatment Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:11838655-Vincristine
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Reversible restrictive cardiomyopathy due to light-chain deposition disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan. nkmrmoto@iwate-med.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports